US Patent Issued to Shimano on May 12 for "Drive unit for human-powered vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,750, issued on May 12, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Drive unit for human-powered vehicle" was invented by Hiroyuki Ishizaki (Sakai, Japan), Hikaru Naruse (Sakai, Japan) and Tsuyoshi Kameda (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive unit is configured to be provided to a human-powered vehicle. The drive unit basically includes a support, a drive shaft, an output portion, a motor, a transmission mechanism, and a motor output shaft. The drive shaft is configured to receive a human driving force, and includes a first axis. The output portion is provided on the drive shaft. The motor includes a rotor and a stator...